The Formation of Family and Its Intergenerational Consequences

LSE, New Academic Building LG03

Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

June 14, 2010

9:00-9:05 Opening Remarks, Gary Becker (University of Chicago)

9:05-9:55 Bernard Salanie (Columbia University)

Partner Choice and the Marital College Premium (joint with P.A. Chiappori and Yoram Weiss)

9:55-10:45 Ignacio Palacios-Huerta (London School of Economics)

Birth Timing and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:50 Maristella Botticini (Bocconi University)

Are There Increasing Returns to Scale in Marriage Markets? (joint with Aloysius Siow)

11:50-12:40 Anders Bjorklund (Stockholm University)

The Role of Mothers and Fathers in Providing Skills: Evidence from Parental Deaths (joint with Jerome Adda and Helena Holmlund)

12:40-13:00 General Discussion

13:00-2:30 Lunch

2:30-3:20 Yona Rubinstein (Brown University and London School of Economics)

Pride and Prejudice: Evidence from the "Promised Land" (joint with Dror Brenner)

3:20-4:10 Maia Guell (University of Edinburgh) and Sevi Rodriguez Mora (University of Edinburgh)

Surnames, Family and Inheritance

6:30 Dinner

June 15, 2010

9:00-9:50 Pierre-Andre Chiappori (Columbia University)

Learning from a Piece of Pie (joint with Olivier Donni and Ivana Komunjer)

9:50-10:40 Leonardo Felli (London School of Economics)

Gender and Racial Biases: Evidence from Child Adoption (joint with Mariagiovanna Baccara, Allan Collard-Wexler and Leeat Yariv)

10:40-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:50 V. Baskar (University College London)

Sex Selection and Gender Balance

11:50-12:40 Maitreesh Ghatak (London School of Economics)

Marry for What? Partner Selection in Modern India (joint with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Jeanne Lafortune)

12:40-13:00 General Discussion

13:00 Lunch

Leonardo Felli Ignacio Palacios-Huerta

Maitreesh Ghatak Yona Rubinstein

EOPP & TG Dept of Management